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Rockwell Automation has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Incuity Software, a supplier of enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) software. Incuity’s software product provides real-time intelligence for business decision support to improve operations and reduce production waste by providing valuable management insight into a company’s operations. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in California, Incuity Software currently has more than 45,000 seats of its products installed in more than 40 countries in 13 languages. The Incuity Software management team and employees will become part of Rockwell Automation’s Architecture & Software operating segment.
“As the demand for Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence rapidly grows, this acquisition supports our commitment to expand the FactoryTalk software suite and enhance our plantwide information strategy to meet customers’ evolving needs,” said Steve Eisenbrown, Senior Vice President of the company’s Architecture & Software segment.
Fast growing segment
Commenting on the sale Doug Lawson, CEO, I n c u i t y S o f t w a re, said: “Getting enterprise m a n u f a c t u r i n g information into the hands of decisionmakers now is a vital business need. IncuityEMI is the most innovative and exciting application in the market for this purpose. “This acquisition combines our business with the resources, technology, customer base and global delivery capabilities of Rockwell Automation and will be good for our customers. Rockwell Automation is the perfect partner for Incuity.”
According to Greg Gorbach of ARC Advisory Group, EMI real-time visibility and performance management software is part of the fastest-growing segment of production management software, and collecting real-time data at the plant floor, establishing operational context, and revealing manufacturing information to the rest of the enterprise enables a higher level of performance at the plant level and throughout the enterprise and supply network.
“Incuity Software is a pioneer in this market space. Their team understands the value and flexibility of enterprise visibility built on the foundation of a strong data model - which is a key differentiator from many other providers. This acquisition gives Rockwell Software an excellent way to meet their customers’ business need to leverage real-time manufacturing information,” said Gorbach.
